iPad: dictate text - how it works

If you don't feel like writing, you can simply dictate the texts on your iPad. We'll show you which app this works with.

Dictate texts on the iPad

• For example, open a new note in the "Notes" app, you will find a microphone icon at the bottom left next to the spacebar.
• Tap the icon to start speech recognition. This recognizes every word with a short delay. You can end the dictation using the "Done" button.
• If a word was not recognized correctly, you can then correct it manually. Make sure you have a clear pronunciation. The microphone should not be covered by your hand or other objects.
• If you cannot find the microphone on the keyboard, open the "Settings" app. Under the category "General"> "Keyboard" you will find the option "Activate dictation function" below.

Helpful commands for dictating on iPad

• A space can easily be inserted using the "space" command. You reach the next line with "New line". The enter key is pressed twice via "New Paragraph".
• You can simply pronounce punctuation marks. For this, the iPad understands the commands period, comma, question mark and exclamation mark. The command for a minus or dash is "hyphen" or "minus sign".

iPad: The right voice commands for special characters

• € - euro symbol
• @ - "Ät" or spider monkey
• & - Commercial And
• * - asterisk
• »- beginning of quotation
• " - Quote end
• # - number sign